I see today will not be the day John Derbyshire decided to start saying something intelligent.
Yep. A fool and his money....
You've surmised that about Derbyshire too? Whenever I see Derbyshire's byline on NRO, I studiously avoid reading his comments as I'm positive it will be filled with his usual bloviating about stupid things. A while back John Podhoretz became absolutely fed up with Derbyshire's inanities, and had a flat-out argument with him on NRO's The Corner. I'm sure NRO regrets hiring Derbyshire.